Administration and Dosing of Systemic Antifungal Agents in Pediatric Patients
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Systemic Antifungal Agents
Systemic antifungal agents and their use for the therapy of invasive mycoses are discussed in this chapter. Many of these agents can also be used to treat the mucocutaneous forms of candidiasis, but those uses are discussed in detail in Chapter 257 and thus are mentioned only in passing here. Similarly, the therapy of the various forms of tinea and onychomycosis with topical agents or systemic ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Drugs
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1174-5878,1179-2019
DOI: 10.1007/s40272-020-00379-2